Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

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Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

PG

2009

1h 45m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Fantasy

Adventure

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Once the night guard at the Museum of Natural History, Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) is now a successful purveyor of infomercial products. Soon after learning that his museum friends have been shipped to the Smithsonian Institution, Larry receives a distress call from Jedediah, who warns him that four of history's greatest villains have come to life and are planning to take over the Smithsonian first, then the world. Larry joins forces with friends old and new to stop the quartet's nefarious plans.

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Night at the Museum: Battle at the Smithsonian is busy enough to keep the kids interested but the slapstick goes overboard and the special effects (however well executed) throw the production into mania.

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David Denby

The New Yorker

06/01/2009

The result is pretty much a free-form traffic jam in which everyone fights everyone else.

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Anton Bitel

Little White Lies

05/25/2009

a scattergun trawl through human (albeit mostly American) history and culture, with the emphasis more on entertainment than instruction.

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Sandra Hall

Sydney Morning Herald

05/24/2009

3/5

All up it's Levy's best work so far and while I realise that's faint praise, it's far from being damning.

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Ezequiel Obregón

EscribiendoCine

Nov 24

4/10

All of it predictable. So predictable, in fact, that after half an hour, the viewer will wonder why they didn't watch it on cable on a rainy Sunday. [Full review in Spanish]

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

12/15/2023

1/4

Though brimming with computer special effects and celebrity cameos, the movie’s marvels are hardly impressive, given that they’ve recycled everything from the first and just added a couple of new features for good measure.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

11/29/2020

4/10

A really, really stupid comedy.

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Ed R

@JustcallmeER 21h

Night at the Museum: Battle at the Smithsonian is busy enough to keep the kids interested but the slapstick goes overboard and the special effects (however well executed) throw the production into mania.

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Fabiana C

Nov 25

Good like the first one. Great to see with kids and Great to watch it before going to Washington like we did.

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Jorge R

@jlrtechno Oct 21

Not terrific as its predecessor! But The Battle of the Smithsonian is a solid follow up with good moments.

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The Wandering D

Oct 16

I love this movie. I grew up on it so I am definitely biased, but the heart in this movie always shines through.

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Joey W

Jul 17

Night at the museum 2 is a fun, family friendly sequel, though it may not surpass the original in terms of originality

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Jun 1

Successful in 1.75 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $177,200,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The last appearance of Caroll Spinney as Oscar the Grouch in a non-Sesame Street movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And the last time James Earl Jones voiced Darth Vader in a non-Star Wars movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Synopsis

Once the night guard at the Museum of Natural History, Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) is now a successful purveyor of infomercial products. Soon after learning that his museum friends have been shipped to the Smithsonian Institution, Larry receives a distress call from Jedediah, who warns him that four of history's greatest villains have come to life and are planning to take over the Smithsonian first, then the world. Larry joins forces with friends old and new to stop the quartet's nefarious plans.

Director: Shawn Levy
Producer: Shawn Levy, Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan
Screenwriter: Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: 1492 Pictures, 21 Laps Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox
Rating: PG (Mild Action|Brief Language)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 22, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 19, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $177.2M
Runtime: 1h 45m

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